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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-350917"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLB"
cik: "0001308547"
company_name: "Dolby Laboratories, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:45:13.893141+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dolby appoints Tony Prophet to Board of Directors effective Dec 6, 2021

## Summary
- Tony Prophet, former Chief Equality and Recruiting Officer at Salesforce, appointed to board.
- He held leadership roles at Microsoft (Corporate VP, Education Marketing) and HP (worldwide PC and printing operations).
- Board determined Prophet is independent under NYSE listing standards; compensation per standard non-employee director policy.
- Appointment effective Dec 6, 2021; term until 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-350917
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLB
- cik: 0001308547
- company_name: Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1308547/000119312521350917/0001193125-21-350917-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1308547/000119312521350917/d216057d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-350917
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-350917.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-350917.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tony Prophet was appointed as Director at Dolby Laboratories, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company has appointed Tony Prophet to the Board, effective as of December 6, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1308547/000119312521350917/0001193125-21-350917-index.htm

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